The Absentee Gardener

Exploring Nature in the High Country

Articles

  • Time for weeding

    Time for weeding

    As gardeners, we all know that weeding is an essential ingredient to maintaining a well-groomed garden. Groan all you want… Read more

  • Stopp digging

    Stopp digging

    “Your garden’s so pretty! How do you do that?” my neighbor gushed. She: stylishly dressed, walking her dog; me: wet… Read more

  • Echinacea worth meeting

    Echinacea worth meeting

    Let me introduce my latest fascination — Echinacea x hybrida ‘Red Ombre.’ I know what you’re thinking: What could possibly… Read more

  • Your garden’s supporting cast

    Your garden’s supporting cast

    When Kit first began to garden, she was only interested in those plants that made a big statement, plants such… Read more

  • Think contrast, think texture

    Think contrast, think texture

    We gardeners sometimes think way too much in terms of flowers when, perhaps, we should instead concentrate more on the… Read more